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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 28 September 2020

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 5
  2. 17
  3. 19
  4. 27
  5. 37
  6. 47

Jackpot$2,400,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 1,640 of 2,592 under them

← 2020-09-26All recent draws2020-09-30 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed5 17 19 27 37 4729 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 28 September 2020 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

55oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 55 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 56% of every possible ticket.

  • sum56th
  • odd99th
  • low50th
  • widest gap28th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread82th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 205 of each

5223times
17217times
19195times
27189times
37

Prize breakdown · 2020-09-28

  • Lines in play≈ 172kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$27.3Kto 4.4k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 39lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.01

Where the money went

  • Match 421%$5.8K
  • Match 4 with Kicker33%$9.1K
  • Match 3 with Kicker13%$3.5K
  • 3 other tiers33%$9K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.01 by chance

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201times
47217times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,639 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 5 of 6 numbers (5, 17, 19, 37, 47) with the draw of 7 September 2015 — its closest relative in 1,639 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 3.3% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (26 September 2020): 17 carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

152

The numbers add up to 152 — the 55th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

47 had not appeared for 37 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 0.9× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 42% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$2,400,000
  • Match 55≈ 3.5 by chance$638
  • Match 4202≈ 181 by chance$28.50
  • Match 33,216≈ 3.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker1$2,551
  • Match 4 with Kicker80$114
  • Match 3 with Kicker875$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈172k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 3,216 winners, 0% more than the 3.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$2,400,000
    Match 5 with Kicker1$2,551
    Match 55$638
    Match 4 with Kicker80$114
    Match 4202$28.50
    Match 3 with Kicker875$4.00
    Match 33,216$1.00
    Totals4,379—